Ostracized at her posh new uptown school and shaken by the death of her beloved grandmother, a 10 year-old downtown girl finds an unlikely mentor in the form of an irascible chess-master, who uses the game to teach Max lessons in resilience, perseverance, and how to embrace inevitable change.

Director: Evan Oppenheimer

Cast: Ralph Macchio, F. Murray Abraham, Janeane Garofalo, Rachel Dratch, Olympia Dukakis, Fatima Ptacek, Kimberly Quinn, Gabriel Rush, Tovah Feldshuh, Oona Laurence, Carson Allsteadt, Catherine Urbanek, Giovanna Cappetta, Frank Pando, Graci Carli